Marilla of Green Gables

Plucky and ambitious Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her beloved mother dies in childbirth. Suddenly Marilla bears the responsibilities of a farm wife overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her father and brother. Her mother's sister Aunt Elizabeth "Izzy" Johnson had escaped from Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines and made her own way in the world. Emboldened Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables and discovers new friends and new opportunities. But she soon faces a reckoning between her dreams of making a difference in the wider world and the small-town reality of life at Green Gales.--back cover